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Damning numbers show what people think of Welsh Labour in every part of Wales
More than half of people in Wales don't think the Welsh Labour Government is doing a good job for Wales. Pollsters Beaufort asked people "Do you think the Welsh Labour Government is doing a good job for Wales". Of the 1,000 people just 29% believe they are doing a good job.
The responses showed 57% thought they were not, with 29% answering yes, and 15% said they didn't know.
The polling showed slight differences depending on where people were. People in north and mid Wales (Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Powys, Ceredigion) were more likely to think the Welsh Labour government was doing a poor job (60% answered no). For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here.
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Those in south west Wales and Valleys (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent) were in the middle - with 56% answering no, while in Cardiff and south east Wales (Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Newport) Labour had more support (33%) although more of those questioned (54%) said no.
Slightly more men than women answered "no" in response to the question, and in terms of ages, those aged over 55 were much more likely to feel Labour was not doing a good job than those aged between 16 and 34 (with 66% of older people answering no compared to 42% of the younger age group).
Those was an almost even split among 16 to 34s between those saying Labour is doing a good job in government in Wales and those saying they're not (at 40% and 42% respectively of this age group).
Older people were the most negative, with 66% of the over 55s saying they are not doing a good job, compared to 22% saying the reverse.
The next Senedd election is taking place in May 2026. So far, all relevant polls show Labour is in for a fight to keep its place as the dominant party.
The next election will be fought on new constituencies, with a new voting system and will result in 96 Senedd members elected rather than 60.
Polling is consistently showing Labour could come third behind Plaid Cymru and Reform UK.
Labour is projected to get around 18% however their rivals, from both sides of the political spectrum, are polling in the high 20s or even 30% mark.
Welsh Labour leader, and First Minister, Eluned Morgan, has repeatedly admitted she thinks Reform UK is a threat to her party.
Polling also shows Reform UK could be a threat to Labour at a general election.
in June, pollster YouGov has asked people across the UK how they would vote in a general election, and in Wales it shows Reform would take 21 of the 32 seats in Wales.
The poll showed in 2024, Labour won a historic 172-seat majority but the poll projects they would not only lose their majority, falling to 178 but become the second party by some distance.
